Combining two of the most comprehensive and accessible AutoCAD books , Paul Richard and Jim Fitzgerald's Introduction to AutoCAD 2009: A Modern Approach, 1/e and Frank Puerta's AutoCAD 2009 in 3D: A Modern Perspective, 1/e, this book embraces the full capabilities of this powerful program and is the most complete guide to learning the current release of AutoCAD.

Introduction to AutoCAD 2009: A Modern Approach, 1/e addresses advances in technology and introduces readers to 2- dimensional drawing skills and commands using the current release of AutoCAD. It continuously builds on concepts covered in previous chapters, contains exercises combined with in-text notes, and offers examples that provide the “how and why” of AutoCAD fundamentals, Projects created using the software will give students hands-on experience and a thorough understanding of how to use AutoCAD in the 21st century.

AutoCAD 2009 in 3D: A Modern Persepctive offers a complete guide to the creation and modification of 3D models. Using simple language and descriptive illustrations, it provides a foundation in the three basic modeling techniques and includes chapters on generating drawings, outputs and rendering. Each chapter is filled with aids to increase understanding-from command grids to job skills sections, to icons that show AutoCAD’s 2009 enhancements. Comprehensive projects, tutorials and exercises are geared to specific disciplines and help readers develop an understanding of this software’s potential in their own professional life. 1392pp

Features:

An emphasis on AutoCAD’s full capabilities–is discussed throughout the text.

• Provides readers and instructors with features, uses and applications of AutoCAD not always discussed in competing texts.
• Discusses how to create and modify both 2D and 3D models.

A Quick-Start Tutorials chapter-appears early in the text.

• Helps introduce users to software capabilities and get them practicing right away.

Chapter Objectives-provide a bulleted list of key concepts for each chapter.

• Provides students with a roadmap of important concepts and practices that will be introduced in the chapter.

Key Terms-highlight important vocabulary throughout.

• Defines key terms in the margins and in more detail in the Glossary at the end of the book.

Command grids-appear in the margin alongside the text.

• Provide specific information about the ways of invoking each command such as the toolbar icon, control panel of the dashboard, pull-down menu and more!

Discipline icons-appear in the margin alongside each exercise, tutorial or project.

• Allows instructors to quickly select discipline-specific assignments and enables students to work on projects that have the most relevance to their course of study.

Tips, Notes and For More Details boxes-highlight additional helpful information.

• Includes items such as dos and don’ts, facts, warnings, and alternative ways of proceeding.

AutoCAD 2009 icons-indicate commands and tools that are new to the 2009 program.

• Helps users quickly see topics that are completely new and demonstrates the recent improvement in the software.

Job Skills sections-provide information on how content relates to particular job skills.

• Adds relevance to chapter material and makes concepts more meaningful to students.

In-text exercises–appear throughout the chapters.

• Provide students with step-by-step walk-through activities.
• Gives students immediate practice and reinforcement of newly learned skills.

Projects organized by discipline-end each chapter and offer more in-depthactivities.

• Includes discipline-specific projects that reinforce understanding and chapter content from a practical viewpoint.
• Help students learn about the most advanced techniques of the AutoCAD program and encourage them to practice numerous skills by solving these real design problems from start to finish.

Autodesk Learning Licenses-are available with the purchase of the text.

• Gives students the option of obtaining an Autodesk learning license for 180 days or 1 year.
• Provides adequate time for a student to complete all the activities in the book using the AutoCAD software.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction to AutoCAD
• 2. Quick Start
• 3. Controlling the Drawing Display
• 4. Basic Drawing Commands
• 5. Drawing Aids and Drafting Settings
• 6. Managing Object Properties
• 7. Basic Editing Techniques
• 8. Advanced Editing Techniques
• 9. Drawing and Editing Complex Objects
• 10. Pattern Fills and Hatching
• 11. Adding Text
• 12. Working with Tables
• 13. Dimensioning Drawings
• 14. Managing Paper Space Layouts
• 15. Plotting and Publishing
• 16. Blocks and Block Attributes
• 17. Working with External References
• 18. File Management and Object Linking and Embedding
• 19. Introduction to 3D in the AutoCAD Program
• 20. Quick-Start Tutorials
• 21. Wireframe Modeling
• 22. Creating and Modifying Faceted Surfaces
• 23. Creating 3D Solids and Surfaces
• 24. Editing 3D Solids and Surfaces
• 25. Advanced Tutorials
• 26. Generating Drawings and DWF Files
• 27. Rendering and Other Presentations